>>6041643Your little group disperses for the remainder of the day, Asher to write a few letters for the Inquisition, Marie to do well something or other, and yourself to perform the proper procedure for a Princess who just went through what others may define as a traumatic experience. You laze about and don’t do much of anything except look out the window from your bed. You are a most calm and collected individual, some may even use words such as “stoic” or “cool” to describe you and while you’re not one for rumors you would have to agree. You are pretty cool.
It’s only after nightfall that you all gather around a table in a different car to dine. A fancy table with candles and without the constant chatter of any other passengers. Here it is just you, your allies, and the serving staff. There is also plenty of expensive red wine from the Merchant Provinces to go around seeing as you commandeered a train with a fully stocked bar, so you permit yourself to indulge, but only a little bit. You’ve only had one glass so far with your meal, it’s no big deal.
“So what exactly is Johan’s Cheat Skill if you don’t mind me asking?” You ask, not caring if they mind or not.
“It’s a bit more complicated than most but not really,” Asher says as he finishes a bit of his meal and waves away the servants completely out of the car. Hmph, you still want seconds, “If he has enough empty space he can summon a replica of anything he <span class="mu-i">believes</span> he owns.”
“So he can duplicate things? That seems like a pretty valuable skill if used correctly.”
“It is. He is one of the Inquisition's top sources of Strangetech currently. Because of that, he was isolated for a long time in a house that looked like an artificer's palace due to his Skill. Every so often an Inquisitor would show up and have him provide what he could or gift him things so they could get more, or so I was told.”
“Could I gift him a piece of ammunition from the rifle I st- acquired to gain more?”
“You could but it’d need to be approved by a Lord Inquisitor, and there’s only one in Lindan. Good thing I know him pretty well.”
“So to it that it is done then,” You say with a nod.
“Hey! What makes you think you can just boss me around?!”
You instead change the topic, “Anyways, it would be unlikely that he’d be involved in this case I assume. Since the Inquisition keeps tabs on him due to his usefulness.”
Asher grimaces, an unpleasant thought entering his mind no doubt, “I sure hope so,” He manages to say in a lower, almost whisperlike voice. Marie looks on in concern for a second but Inquisitor makes himself appear neutral before she musters the courage to say anything.
“One more thing,” You say.
“Shoot.”
